Fishing
Winter having limited effect on northern deer
By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — Michigan’s northern deer herd has so far dodged a bullet with average to below-average winter severity throughout deer range, according to biologists. After a rough start to winter
Deer kill numbers embraced, rejected
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg, Pa. — Is Pennsyl-vania’s deer hunting glass half empty or half full? That depends on who you talk to. The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released its estimated deer harvest
DNR: Little in the way of good turkey season
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — If you hunt turkeys in Michigan, you have plenty to cluck about: The spring season opens in a little over two weeks, thousands of square miles of land are
Turkey take may top 20,000
By Mike Moore Editor Athens, Ohio — A mild winter and a bountiful mast crop last fall is good news for Ohio turkey hunters this spring. But those same elements are not so good for
QDM likely to stay status quo in state
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Lansing — The state Natural Resources Commission will continue to re-examine, and perhaps reauthorize, current Quality Deer Management areas throughout Michigan, but it appears unlikely any new ones will be
Lethal control likely for cormorant population
By Mike Moore Editor Oak Harbor, Ohio — Ohio natural resource officials should have a plan for cormorant control on Lake Erie and other parts of the state sometime in April. And at least one
Dove hunt not likely, says DEC
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany – New York State is one of few states outside of New England that doesn’t allow dove hunting, and that’s not likely to change in the near future. Perhaps the
State rep tackles deer season plan
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — A proposed bill from Rep. Scott Gunderson, R-Waterford, would create a new $24 muzzleloader license, limit October antlerless deer hunts to muzzleloader-hunting only, and get rid of earn-a-buck and
Nine turkeys are released in Vilas County
By Kurt Krueger Correspondent Eagle River, Wis. — Under the watchful eye of students and local turkey chapter volunteers, eight radio-collared wild turkeys were released north of Eagle River on March 9 as part of
